With Miami-Texas A&M the only matchup between ranked teams in Week 3, it was nearly a forgone conclusion that both teams would win their week 1 and 2 games, enter 2-0, and set the stage for a major non-conference game that would be featured on ESPN’s GameDay before their primetime kickoff time.
Then a funny thing happened: Appalachian State went into Kyle Field and beat Texas A&M 17-14 on Saturday afternoon.
After that major upset, ESPN rethought their Week 3 GameDay location. And while thinking, they had an easy pivot from College Station.
Boone, North Carolina.